''Sweet Kitty Bellairs'' is a 1916 American
silent romantic comedy film based on the 1900 novel ''The Bath Comedy'', by Agnes and
Egerton Castle. The novel was first adapted for the stage in 1903 by
David Belasco which was a huge Broadway success for lead actress
Henrietta Crosman. The film version stars
Mae Murray and was directed by
James Young.
Cast
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Mae Murray as Kitty Bellairs
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Tom Forman as Lord Verney
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Belle Bennett as Lady Julia
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Lucille Young
Lucille May Young (March 6, 1883 – August 2, 1934) was an American actress of the early silent film era.
Early life
Lucille May Young was born on March 6, 1883, in Lansing, Michigan, the daughter of Glendower Young (1858–1927) and K ...
as Lady Barbara Flyte
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as Sir Jasper
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James Neill as Colonel Villers
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Lucille Lavarney as Lady Maria
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Horace B. Carpenter as Captain Spicer
*Robert Gray as Captain O'Hara
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Loretta Young (uncredited)
[Bawden, James & Miller, Ron (2016) ''Conversations with Classic Film Stars'', p. 289. .]
Other adaptations
''Sweet Kitty Bellairs'' was remade again
in 1930 as a sound
musical comedy filmed in
Technicolor.
See also
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List of lost films
For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films.
Reas ...
References
External links
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''Sweet Kitty Bellairs'' at silentera.com
1916 films
1910s romantic comedy films
American silent feature films
American romantic comedy films
Lost American films
American historical romance films
American black-and-white films
Famous Players-Lasky films
Films based on British novels
American films based on plays
Films directed by James Young
Films set in the 1730s
Films set in England
Paramount Pictures films
Films based on multiple works
1910s historical comedy films
American historical comedy films
1916 lost films
1910s historical romance films
Lost romantic comedy films
1916 comedy films
1910s American films
Silent romantic comedy films
Silent American comedy films
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